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Saturday, May 28, 2016

2016/049) Find the equation of the normal to the curve x^2= 4y that passes through the pont(1,2) (IIT 1984)

equation of the curve 4y = x^2
so slope of the tangent = \frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{x}{2}
so slope of the normal  = - \frac{2}{x_1}
the line passes through   x_1,\frac{x_1^2}{4} and (1,2) so slope of line
\frac{frac{x_1^2}{4} - 2}{x_1-1} = - \frac{2}{x_1}
x_1^3 - 8x_1 = - 8x_1 + 8 or x_1 = 2
giving slope of normal = - 1
so equation of normal = (y-2) = - (x-1) or x+y=3

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